"What could be wrong with a gentleman opening a door for a lady? According to some social psychologists, such acts endorse gender stereotypes: the idea that women are weak and need help; that men are powerful patriarchs. Now a study has looked at how women are perceived when they accept or reject an act of so-called "benevolent sexism"* and it finds that they're caught in a double-bind. Women who accept help from a man are seen as warmer, but less competent. Women who reject help are seen as more competent, but cold. ..."

"bytes beat bricks"

Most astonishing bit of technology that has been pointing out to me (by @fcw):

“We’ll know we have parity when mediocre black women get funding for bad ideas at the same rate as mediocre white men.”

Guardian News & Media (GNM), publisher of the Guardian, has revealed plans to become a digital-first organisation, placing open journalism on the web at the heart of its strategy.

Alan Rusbridger, editor-in-chief of GNM, and Andrew Miller, chief executive of parent company Guardian Media Group (GMG), today outlined to staff a major transformation programme in response to "inexorable trends" in media consumption.

Rusbridger told employees that GNM would "move beyond the newspaper, shifting focus, effort and investment towards digital, because that is our future".

Computer scientists tackle the hard, long-lasting question of 'that's what she said' #technology

"Armstrong is an open-source publishing system designed for news organizations that gives your team the technology edge it needs to report in a media-rich environment... Armstrong is an open-source CMS that is freely available to any organization. It is the result of a collaboration between The Texas Tribune and Bay Citizen, and a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The first release is scheduled for June, 2011."

ok y'all - wtf??? rt @kcornwall You're gonna hate this one

The top scientific breakthroughs of 2010, compiled by @wiredscience

A new kind of memory from IBM Labs is promising to revolutionize how much data we can store and how fast we can access it on our mobile and desktop devices.
After spending six years as a theoretical concept, the memory, dubbed Racetrack, finally is a huge step closer to reality. Researchers at IBM have recently confirmed that their theories of the physics behind Racetrack are valid and can be used to develop and manufacture this new type of memory.
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How does Racetrack work? Unlike conventional memory, which needs to seek out the data it needs, Racetrack automatically moves the data to where it can be used. That serves to not only speed up data access but allow much more data to be stored in a smaller area.
The memory is so named because it moves the magnetic bits of data along thin, nanowire "racetracks," 1,000 times finer than a strand of hair.

Google hacked site notification notifies you if your site is hacked (repeat this five times fast) #technology

How do you think Steve Jobs's home office looks? Now you can find out #technology

iPad revisited: OK, NOW is it compelling? #technology

"We founded Startl to pave the way for cool new digital media learning products to move from idea to funding and into learners’ hands. We’re working outside the established systems in a public-private partnership to break new ground in the education market and help to launch the next generation of digital tools for learning. "

"The United States’ ability to be not just a global leader but even a competitive participant in technology will depend largely on a massive infusion of women and underrepresented racial and ethnic minorities in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM. "

thoughtful post on a much-hacked topic RT @shefaly: Blogged: "Women in tech" #gender #technology Great comments too

Glad to see that @marcidale has started going public about popvox. What they are working on is important.

Strained graphene leads to pseudo-magnetic fields, bends physics even further #technology

RT @Oatmeal: What your email address says about your computer skills

Google: Come clean on Wi-Fi spying #technology

LOL "why are there so few girl engineers?" /via @geekgirldiva

UCSD researchers hope to track airborne toxins with sensor-equipped cellphones #technology

"Ask not what your country can code for you - ask what you can code for your country" says @CodeforAmerica #gov20

NC State gurus create harder, better, faster, stronger 'smart sensors' #technology

Benkler on open access in internet open competition means better service cheaper

april 30- may 2

Can you have *too many* followers on Twitter? @pomeranian99 thinks maybe so http://bit.ly/dnPzCo

James Cameron and Peter Jackson on making films in the age of technology.

$26 Software Is Used to Breach Key Weapons in Iraq; Iranian Backing Suspected

Hell yeah! RT @missrogue New post: Women Women Blah Blah Blah | HPC http://bit.ly/5lM6bZ

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essay on the values of multitasking

via @kentbye. Interesting post: Why Drupal should be a developer tool, not a consumer product http://jr.ly/m5xy Cool stuff vs. ease of use.

Great post from ArsTechnica:
100 years of Big Content fearing technology—in its own words